0:00:00 > 0:00:00and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
0:00:00 > 0:00:15Have a good afternoon.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Welcome to BBC London News, I'm Katharine Carpenter.
0:00:18 > 0:00:23The mayor has said it's "unacceptable" that thousands
0:00:23 > 0:00:26of Londoners still don't have water following last week's bad weather.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Parts of north and south London are affected and some schools
0:00:28 > 0:00:30have shut for the day.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Thames Water has been handing out bottled water and says it's working
0:00:33 > 0:00:35flat out to fix the problem.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Our reporter Marc Ashdown sent this report from Balham.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Now, this is one of four impromptu water distribution centres that's
0:00:41 > 0:00:44been set up this morning by Thames Water here in Balham.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Now, all these people here we have been talking to,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50many of them have been without water since Saturday morning.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Some people with children, some quite elderly, quite vulnerable.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Lots of frustration here.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Now, these problems have affected many Londoners,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01not just here in Balham, but also up the road
0:01:01 > 0:01:03in Streatham, Herne Hill, Cricklewood, Hampstead...
0:01:03 > 0:01:06There are bottle distribution centres set up there as well,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08and they are struggling to cope with demand.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11People we've been talking to here are very frustrated
0:01:12 > 0:01:17and quite desperate.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Thames say they have already dished out 200,000 litres of bottled water.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23They are hoping to have handed out about 600,000 by the end of today.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26They do say they are working on fixing these problems,
0:01:26 > 0:01:27and have apologised, of course, to customers
0:01:27 > 0:01:29for the frustration and a lack of supply.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32It's not clear what has caused all this.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35It appears they are blaming the cold conditions -
0:01:35 > 0:01:38the snow, the storm from last week, and the very old pipes,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40when they've thawed, have potentially cracked
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and caused these burst mains, which has caused these problems.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46At the moment, though, Thames are saying they are hoping
0:01:46 > 0:01:49to get supply back on by the end of today, but people
0:01:49 > 0:01:52here certainly, from quite far afield, are at the moment still
0:01:52 > 0:01:59without water from the weekend.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03In the last few minutes Thames water have said that due to high demand
0:02:03 > 0:02:08they have now run out of water at their bottled water site at
0:02:08 > 0:02:13Streatham and Balham, but they say more supplies are on their way. With
0:02:13 > 0:02:16regards to North London they say there is a boost to the Hampstead
0:02:16 > 0:02:20reservoir and they are filling it right now, but it could take some
0:02:20 > 0:02:20hours.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22right now, but it could take some hours.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24The Metropolitan Police has defended the intelligence database it uses
0:02:24 > 0:02:27to map criminal gangs, describing it as a vital tool
0:02:27 > 0:02:28in the fight against violent crime.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31A Freedom of Information request has revealed that 80% of those
0:02:31 > 0:02:34on the Gangs Matrix are black but the Met says that includes
0:02:34 > 0:02:36victims as well as perpetrators.
0:02:36 > 0:02:44Alex Bushill reports.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46To understand knife crime, just ask the children who have
0:02:46 > 0:02:49to live with the threat of it every day.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50This is the Brookfield Club in Peckham.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53one of one of the kids who was stabbed to death last year.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55The others who knew him well.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58It just feels that our friends can be arrested or can kill somebody,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01and our friends can be killed.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06It makes me feel sad, because they are just
0:03:06 > 0:03:08losing their life over stupidness.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12A lot of the time it makes me feel scared, but such is life,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14really.
0:03:14 > 0:03:14Such is life.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Well, it is certainly true that there's been a
0:03:17 > 0:03:22recent spike in stabbings.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The Met says its gangs matrix is a crucial tool.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27It's an intelligence led database that identifies 200 active
0:03:27 > 0:03:29gangs in London.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31What is controversial though is that the
0:03:31 > 0:03:34matrix also lists 80% of all gang members as black, which has
0:03:34 > 0:03:38triggered accusations of racism.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40How did they get on the matrix in the first place?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It could be that their cousin is on the matrix, they go to
0:03:43 > 0:03:47football with someone on the matrix, or just live
0:03:47 > 0:03:49next door to someone on the matrix.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53If you are black and you are in a group of more than two or
0:03:53 > 0:03:58three, then you are automatically in a gang,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00because the definition is so loose and so problematic, so it's
0:04:00 > 0:04:02also like racial profiling around a
0:04:02 > 0:04:05problem that they are going to be in a gang because they are black.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08In response, the Met says two separate
0:04:08 > 0:04:11pieces of intelligence are needed to put you on the matrix, and that it
0:04:11 > 0:04:14can't be racist because it identifies gang members who are also
0:04:14 > 0:04:16victims.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19If you are a young black man in London, you can be the
0:04:19 > 0:04:21subject of violence as a victim, and be
0:04:21 > 0:04:24in a gang, and you will be on the
0:04:24 > 0:04:27matrix, and we will look to divert individuals away from a life of
0:04:27 > 0:04:30crime, but are on the matrix.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33It's looking at your custody record.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36You're 21 years of age, and you're unemployed at the moment.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Is that right?
0:04:41 > 0:04:45And that's where programmes like Divert come in.
0:04:45 > 0:04:53Informed by the matrix, the Met can and do seek to
0:04:53 > 0:05:03from a life of gang violence.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07New figures suggest London is the hardest place for young
0:05:07 > 0:05:11people to find an apprenticeship.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14The index which looked at government figures found that 16-24 year olds
0:05:14 > 0:05:16in the capital face more than double the competition of those living
0:05:16 > 0:05:20in north-west or south-west England.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23The recent broadcast of the BBC's Blue Planet series seems to have got
0:05:23 > 0:05:25everyone from the Queen to the Prime Minister
0:05:25 > 0:05:29talking about how we can reduce our plastic waste.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31And all this week we'll be meeting the Londoners trying
0:05:31 > 0:05:33to do their bit to cut down.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Today we speak to a former city worker on a mission
0:05:36 > 0:05:38to clean up our waterways.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Sean Fletcher has the story.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47In 2015, I raced a 70-foot yacht from London to Rio de Janeiro
0:05:47 > 0:05:50and in the middle of nowhere we found these two turtles caught
0:05:50 > 0:05:53in a maze of fishing nets and water bottles.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57It has got yellow and orange around its front right fin.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Well done.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03In the middle of nowhere in this amazing ocean like it is blue water
0:06:03 > 0:06:09everywhere and then you have all this plastic.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13In London 66,000 tonnes of plastic were sent for recycling last year
0:06:13 > 0:06:18alone but nobody knows how much was simply discarded elsewhere
0:06:18 > 0:06:21and while the government has pledged to ban all avoidable plastic waste
0:06:21 > 0:06:28by 2042, some Londoners are taking action now.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31After cycling 150 miles on the Thames, ex-city worker
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Dhruv Boruah is collecting plastic from canals on board his
0:06:35 > 0:06:39floating bamboo bicycle.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42In just one hour in the canal I collected this full load
0:06:42 > 0:06:44of plastic rubbish from balls to Styrofoam packets,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47to water bottles, to energy drinks, to single use packaging.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I can't collect everything because if I collect
0:06:50 > 0:06:54everything I will sink.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57The plastic that is being dumped in our waterways is having a huge
0:06:57 > 0:07:00impact on marine life.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04A recent study by the Royal Holloway University found up to 75% of fish
0:07:04 > 0:07:07living at the bottom of the Thames have plastic in their guts.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10It is really disgraceful.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12We are harming the life even right here.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Obviously we are harming us in the end because we are going
0:07:16 > 0:07:18to eat the fish as well.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Cheers.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Ultimately we have to go and educate the young people and make them more
0:07:24 > 0:07:27aware of how damaging this is and how we are destroying
0:07:27 > 0:07:30their world, their planet.
0:07:30 > 0:07:38We are making it worse for them.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41And you can see the full story on Inside Out tonight
0:07:41 > 0:07:45on BBC 1 at 7.30pm.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Now the Weather with Kate Kinsella.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Good afternoon.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Well, it's certainly feeling a lot milder than it did
0:07:51 > 0:07:54this time last week.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56We woke up to temperatures in positive figures.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58So we've had a bit of blue sky, some sunshine.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It's feeling just a little bit more like spring.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Certainly more acceptable.
0:08:03 > 0:08:10Now this sunshine becoming a bit of a memory this
0:08:10 > 0:08:13afternoon as we head through, as the cloud will start to increase.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16We will see some showers and some outbreaks of rain arriving
0:08:16 > 0:08:17coming up from the south.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Some heavy bursts mixed in there as well, so we are going
0:08:20 > 0:08:21to lose that sunshine, I'm afraid.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Temperatures, though, back up in double figures at 10 Celsius.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25It continues overnight, these outbreaks of rain,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28becoming a little bit drier, especially towards the south
0:08:28 > 0:08:31and the East, but we are then likely to see some mist and fog developing,
0:08:31 > 0:08:32so a murky start to Tuesday.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Minimum temperature again above zero, between three and five
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Celsius, so this mist and fog will take a while to lift.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41When it does, it will be into low cloud, so it looks like it's
0:08:41 > 0:08:44going to stay rather grey, and a small chance of a shower
0:08:44 > 0:08:46the further south and east you are tomorrow afternoon,
0:08:46 > 0:08:47but many places staying dry.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49The temperature again still quite mild.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51We are looking at a maximum of 12 Celsius.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Now, as we had further through the week, into Wednesday,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56various fronts heading towards us, so it stays rather unsettled.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Some showers around, but also plenty of dry weather as well.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Thursday, there's that band of rain, which could just move a little bit
0:09:03 > 0:09:05further inland from the south coast, so it's looking fairly wet
0:09:05 > 0:09:08for a time, at least, as we had through Thursday,
0:09:08 > 0:09:09but it is fairly changeable.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Showers, some dry spells, but gradually you will notice,
0:09:12 > 0:09:16as we head to the end of the week and the end of the weekend,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19we are looking at temperatures back up at around 12 or 13 Celsius.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20That's it from me.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Riz Lateef will be here with our 6:30 evening programme.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.